but to repeat the text cited earlier: “They will never enter my rest!”

By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

then he says, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

“There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,